Make the most of the friends you have, you never realise what you've got until it's gone...

Hey, sorry I haven't updated for ages. I've been so busy but hopefully I'll get back on track soon. One of the things I've been doing is what this whole blog post is about.
So, this Wednesday to Friday my school year group went on a residential trip to Lakeside and I was completely dreading it. It was a trip where we had to bond with everyone in the year so we were all put into groups with people we barely talk to. Luckily at night we were in rooms with our friends. However, as the trip went on it got more and more fun. We all achieved personal goals and some people faced fears.
Most of the year groups bedroom groups were in the main building but the remaining 3 groups were in 2 lodges. 1 lodge had all the 'populars' in it and the other had most of our form. My form has 13 people in it but 2 of them don't really hang out with the rest of us, but the remaining 11 of us are extremely close. Our lodge had 3 rooms in it 1 for the teacher, 1 for 8 of them and the other for the remaining 3. The first night we stuck to this but the second we didn't. So after the campfire on the Thursday evening we all went into the bigger room downstairs where the group of 8 were. Before I go into the whole night I'm not putting anyone's names on here however on the bus journey back we gave everyone nicknames so I'm just going to use them. (I'll just say what they are first; we have The Artist, The Mummy (like an maternal one not a one wrapped up in a coffin), The Smart Cookie, The DJ, The Comedian, The Motivational Speaker, The Party Organiser, The Vlogger, The Dancer and The Harmoniser oh and btw I'm apparently The Big Sister because The Vlogger said I was just there, long story). So, the group of three (me, the mummy and the motivational speaker) all went down to the other room with everyone else in. Now The Vlogger had basically vlogged most of the trip (hence the name) so we all sat on the bottom bunk of one of the beds and watched all of the videos so far. Once we did that we all got a bit emotional as we realised it would be the last time we would be this close as a form.
After that we all shared different bunks as there weren't enough for all of us (because 3 of us were in the wrong room). We all played truth or dare for the rest of the night really but the longer it went on the more truthful we were with each other.  Some of us probably said things that we've never told anyone before, I know I did. We agreed that even if we didn't have much sleep it would be worth it, most of us stayed up until 2am taking. Eventually we did sleep and we were all tired in the morning but all of it was definitely worth it.
These are the first real friends I've ever had and I feel really lucky. Lakeside was so fun and amazing, and I now feel closer to my friends than ever.

Our Group Photo - love this lot xx

50 Facts about Me

Hello again!

What's this? Another blog post? In the space of two days? You must be really bored Em...
So today I was thinking of doing a 50 facts about me blog post. I'll just start, one thing you need to know about me is that I'm bad at introductions (guess that could be fact number one, if I can't think of anything else).

1. I'm tiny and I have tiny thumbs (just for you, friend) - I used to be average, in height order of past classes/forms I was in the middle somewhere, but now... Let's just say that I've either shrunk or everyone's just very tall.
2. I'm aquaphobic, claustrophobic, emetophobic and cynophobic.
3. I'm huggable.
4. My natural scent is apparently clean and warm (basically a bath).
5. I have long eyelashes but no amount of mascara gives them enough volume.
6. I can't whistle or click my fingers.
7. I can't swim, which really doesn't help my aquaphobia.
8. I'd never eaten pizza until I was thirteen.
9. When I was in Year 2 I cut my hair and I'm still trying to grow it back.
10. I have the weirdest music taste ever.
11. I can't cry - this does not count TFIOS that was fangirl tears, there's a difference.
12. I have the strangest dreams.
13. I sat next to Ben Miller on a train.
14. I don't like fizzy drinks apart from Tango Ice Blasts.
15. My favourite films include Easy A, Moulin Rouge and Saving Mr Banks.
16. I hate cheese, mushrooms and bananas.
17. I am the queen of bitching.
18. I scream everytime I see a fly, bee or wasp.
19. The Lake District is my childhood place.
20. Angels by The XX, Fields of Gold by Eva Cassidy and Everytime by Britney Spears are the most depressing songs I've ever heard.
21. I don't drink caffeine.
22. I get scared very easily.
23. I can't finish hot chocolates.
24. I did ballet for 10 years.
25. I'm allergic to cats and penicillin.
26. I've lived in the North/Newcastle area for 13 years of my life, my Dad is geordie and I still picked up the accent.
27. My lucky number is 27.
28. My favourite animal is a duck - billed platypus.
29. My Mum's piano tuner has always called me Jemima and I still don't know why.
30. I'm really bad at pretending I like someone who I don't.
31. I'm very clingy because I've spent most of my life alone.
32. My hands and legs shake when I'm nervous.
33. I play the violin.
34. I have this thing called SpLD processing speed which means it takes my brain a while to understand something.
35. Tyler Blackburn is bae <3
36. Emma Stone's lip sync battle is amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLBSoC_2IY8&noredirect=1
37. My favourite subject is Textiles.
38. My favourite letter is 'A'.
39. I have a voice in my head.
40. I got stranded in Florida and had to stay there another week.
41. I've moved house 5 times.
42. My favourite TV programmes include Pretty Little Liars, Once Upon a Time, Casualty and Call the Midwife.
43. I'm in a folk group that have two cd's.
44. I go to an all girls school.
45. I had an operation the day the twin towers were knocked down.
46. I used to be very rebellious.
47. One of my favourite albums is Hounds of Love - Kate Bush.
48. I can recognise someone by their scent.
49. My favourite colour is black.
50. I have brown hair and blue eyes.

Until next time,
Emma xex

Hello World...

Hi, okay already I sound really boring here. 

So I'm doing this because some people (you know who you are) are telling me to do this. 

Quick intro:

- My name is Emma.

- I live in England.

- I'm just an average teenager (I AM NOT A CHILD)

- I have the weirdest music taste ever (It goes from Kate Bush to Nicki Minaj...)

- I have blue eyes.

- I've been to three schools.

- I can get very paranoid very easily.

- I'm really boring and bad at introductions... as you can tell (don't worry future blog posts will have some sort of theme).

So yeah, this is just a general overview of me. 

Until next time, 

Emma xex